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One woman's journey: a portrait of Pauline Vanier
Par George Cowley, Deborah Cowley. 1992
Biography of Pauline Vanier, whose husband was the first French-Canadian Governor General of Canada. After the death of Georges, Pauline…
moved to France to live with her son, Jean, who founded l'Arche, the internationally-renowned network of communities that are devoted to the care of the mentally handicapped.On not losing my father's ashes in the flood
Par Richard Harrison. 2016
In his final years, Richard Harrison's father suffered from a form of dementia, but he died without ever forgetting the…
poems he had memorized as a student and had taught to Richard as a child. In 2013, the poet feared his father's ashes had been lost in the flood water that ravaged Alberta--a crisis that would become the inciting event and central theme of this collection. Combining elements of memoir, elegy, lyrical essay and personal correspondence with appreciations of literary works ranging from haiku to comic books, Richard Harrison has written a book of great intellectual depth that is as generous as it is enchanting. Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. 2016. Uniform title: Poems.Ocean
Par Sue Goyette. 2013
The ocean has never had a biographer quite like Sue Goyette. Living in the port city of Halifax, Goyette’s days…
are bounded by the substantial fact of the North Atlantic, both by its physical presence and by its metaphoric connotations. And like many of life’s overwhelming facts, our awareness of the ocean’s importance and impact waxes and wanes as the ocean sometimes lurks in the background, sometimes imposes itself upon us, yet always, steadily, is. This collection of poems is not your standard “Oh, Ocean!” versifying. Goyette plunges in and swims well outside the buoys to craft a sort of alternate, apocryphal account of our relationship with the ocean. 2013.Now you care
Par Diana Brandt. 2003
On the wrong side: my life in the KGB
Par Stan Levchenko. 1988
In 1979, Stan Levchenko became the highest-ranking KGB officer to defect to the United States. His field of expertise was…
Japan, where he had worked to obtain information and recruit Japanese sympathetic to the Soviet cause. With his wife and son still in the USSR, he now lives in hiding under an assumed name. 1988.Old Square-Toes and his lady: the life of James and Amelia Douglas
Par John D Adams. 2001
The private lives of James Douglas, first Governor of B.C., and his wife Amelia. Born of mixed blood and humble…
beginnings, both had experienced native uprisings, political changes and the gold rush. They crossed Canada by canoe, toured Europe by train; they became part of the establishment and had lifelong connections to the Hudson's Bay Company elite. 2001.On abducting the 'cello
Par Wayne Clifford. 2004
Old hat
Par Rob Winger. 2014
While rich with advice to "Keep your personal longings with you at all times", "Old Hat" is also generous, incisive,…
boisterous, and funny, a collection of poems about place, but also about understanding and situation. Spoken through clichés, vernacular, and jargon, it is just as familiar as it is odd, just as comforting as disquieting, an exceptional meditation on what it means to think about writing. 2014.On six continents: a life in Canada's foreign service, 1966-2002
Par James Bartleman. 2004
From his humble origins as an Aboriginal child whose first home was a tent near a dump in Muskoka, Ontario,…
Bartleman rose to become a legend in Canada's foreign service. He served as ambassador to Cuba, Israel, South Africa, and Australia, was Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's foreign policy advisor, and is Ontario's lieutenant-governor and a member of the Order of Canada. 2004.Odd man out: the life and times of Eric Kierans
Par Jamie Swift. 1988
A self-made millionaire, Eric Kierans was head of the Commerce School at McGill University and president of the Montreal Stock…
Exchange. As a provincial, and then federal, politician, he was involved in the major issues of the 1960s and 1970s: foreign investment, free trade, provincial rights, and the War Measures Act. 1988.November (Picador poetry)
Par Sean O'Brien. 2011
Poems haunted by the missing and the missed, the vanished and the uncounted, and the uncountable lost: sleep, connections, muses,…
books, the ghosts and gardens of childhood. Includes strong language. 2011.My road to Québec
Par Jean Charest. 1998
Charest describes his childhood and early years, including his education, his family, and his time as a sailor and lawyer,…
leading up to his political career. This began inauspiciously with his involvement in the 1983 Tory leadership convention and culminated in his own leadership of the party. He also explains his vision for Quebec and its future and his decision to leave Ottawa to lead that province's Liberal party.Not I: memoirs of a German childhood
Par Martin Chalmers, Joachim C Fest. 2013
The historian shares the story of his childhood and youth during which he experienced World War II in a German…
household opposed to the Nazis, and was forced to come to terms with his father's strong political convictions. 2013. Uniform title: Ich nicht.Not one of the boys
Par Sharon Carstairs. 1993
Sharon Carstairs served as the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party for nine years and was a major voice in…
the battle against the 1992 Charlottetown Accord. As well as describing her life in politics, she recalls devastating incidents of sexual abuse when she was a child and the effect it had on the rest of her life. Some descriptions of sex. 1993.No surrender: reflections of a happy warrior in the Tory crusade
Par Hugh Segal. 1996
Segal reflects on his involvement and work with the Progressive Conservative party over the course of three decades. He looks…
back on his experiences in both provincial and federal politics, outlining what he considers to be the strengths and weaknesses of the party, and portraying some of the important political figures in Canada. 1996.No room for small dreams: courage, imagination, and the making of modern Israel
Par Shimon Peres. 2017
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres caps his legacy with this final book, completed shortly before his death--a majestic and…
personal exploration of modern Israel's history and values that offers insights for its future. 2017.No holds barred: my life in politics
Par Geoffrey Stevens, John Crosbie. 1997
John Crosbie chronicles his involvement in politics, from provincial politics in Newfoundland to federal politics as a senior cabinet minister…
in the Mulroney governments. He tells the story behind the scenes and evaluates both his mistakes and triumphs in the unique style which gained him notoriety. Some strong language. 1997.Night errands: how poets use dreams
Par Rod Townley. 1998
Twenty-six poets reflect on the "generative relationship" between dreams and poetry. Most quote complete works or fragments of poems in…
their essays. Writers include Laurel Blossom, Edward Hirsch, David Ignatow, Maxine Kumin, Denise Levertov, Paul Mariani, Joyce Carol Oates, and Richard Wilbur, among others. 1998.Night field: poems
Par Don McKay. 1991
Night
Par David Harsent. 2011
Poems in which the sureties of daylight become uncertain: dark, unsettling narratives about what wakes in us when we escape…
our day-lit selves to visit a place where the dream-like and the nightmarish are never far apart. Culminates in 'Elsewhere', a noirish, labyrinthine quest-poem in which the protagonist is drawn ever onward through a series of encounters and reflections like an after-hours Orpheus, hard-bitten and harried by memory. Includes sex, strong language and violence. c2011.